The Impact of Poor Nonverbal Social Perception on Functional Capacity in Schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nonverbal social perception is the ability to interpret the intentions and dispositions of others by evaluating cues such as facial expressions, body movements, and emotional prosody. Nonverbal social perception plays a key role in social cognition and is fundamental for successful social interactions. Patients with schizophrenia have severe impairments in nonverbal social perception leading to social isolation and withdrawal. Collectively, these aforementioned deficits affect patients' quality of life. Here, we compare nonverbal social perception in patients with schizophrenia and controls and examine how nonverbal social perception relates to daily functioning.

Methods

We compared nonverbal social perception in 41 stable outpatients with schizophrenia and 30 hea

SUBMITTER: Chapellier V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8904900 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature